Letter to a superior about purchases for building work TM 87610Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII

Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Wadi Sarga, addressed to a monastic superior ('your fatherhood'). After greetings, the writer informs him about men and a need for something, apparently to be bought for building work.

In English machine translation

The surviving lines are broken at the right and the end is lost, so much of the sense is uncertain. 'Your fatherhood' is a respectful form of address for a priest or monastic superior.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.